TomFulp 2011-04-06 14:12:40

I gotta figure out if there is a cyclical thing with collabs based on time of year and different obligations that come up. I think more people will get into them with the new tools that are finally coming.

TurkeyOnAStick 2011-04-06 14:14:57

Yeah, collab forum is a mess, and it's awkward to maintain without some form of heavy involvement which I always try to avoid.

Collab Idea Lounge is underused because people either want to run their idea or not. I think most people talk within collabs they're working on, so there isn't really much of a forum community for people to use the lounge.

There are collabs which I think are bad ideas, but I don't really want much involvement to decide what lives or dies. Hopefully the shit ideas get no participation, and fall off the forum.

Would be cool to hear your suggestions. I've tried threads for requests for animators/programmers, but people don't use them either. Also that forum always gets a flood of VAs who should be looking in the audio forum.

Magical-Zorse 2011-04-06 15:07:08

People only make stupid collabs like that because people don't like new ideas. This is why sequels are so popular.

ikool 2011-04-06 16:33:38

I'm always down for a good collab now and then.
With Summer semester being a lot easier than my other ones, going back to animation sounds like fun.

Gimme a PM when the time comes. :)

WooleyWorld 2011-04-06 16:54:26

Sounds like something people would enjoy.

Let's keep our ears to the rails, no?

Ockeroid 2011-04-06 16:57:01

Just the other day I was just thinking I hadn't heard from you in ages, Red!

Yeah, a few months back I remember really feeling in the mood for collabing, but there wasn't anything interesting :(

I had a few ideas for collabs a while back, might pick up one now you've inspired me again :)

JellyDraft 2011-04-06 17:18:23

Wait you dopped out collab?? Did you tell him? It should be out any day now! :D
That sucks tho, because ur part was lookin pretty cool.

bigjonny13 2011-04-06 18:35:08

Yeah, the Voice Actors Wanted thread is pitiful. Half of the posts are dumbasses advertising themselves in it. Urgh, frustrates me to no end.
And it's hard as FUCK to find VA work.

JPB 2011-04-06 18:52:01

The problem with the collab idea lounge is that 99% of it are ideas and 1% is feedback, people just go there if they are wanting to start a collab, they rarely go if they want to join a collab...
The problem with the collab forum is that there are too much collabs, people join more than one, dont get dedicated with any, lots of collabs, collabs rarely have more than 10 menbers, and when it does, lots of them leave, then theres no competition for the co-author spots, which is what drives fully or partially 100% of the forum, including me.

Maybe I was never there when it was awesome, but some day it gonna be better than it ever was, then its gonna get saturated, and then it gonna be even better, and so on...

NeroGeist 2011-04-06 19:04:11

Another 24 hour collab? :]

TurkeyOnAStick 2011-04-06 19:13:43

... I have no clue what JPB is talking about.

AudioVision 2011-04-06 21:28:50

REDHARVEST.

Let's collab.

Check out my stuff. I've been trying to get a collab with a good flash artist since god knows when.

jaxxy 2011-04-06 23:32:47

Never really frequent the NG forums at all. :/
Btw, are you go'n to NG for pico day?

JazLyte 2011-04-06 23:44:45

I wanna collab again with you bromo D: i have ideas but school and responsibilities are assraping me

SteakandKidneyPie 2011-04-07 06:02:05

Is this the collab post of bitching? I have a couple of collabs waiting for you.

Good luck.

VictorVonVice 2011-04-07 07:23:46

the Collabs forum was definitely the place where the community really got together. That's where I made plenty of friends during my first few. Good times that I doubt we'll see again :'C

Luis 2011-04-07 08:08:39

Hoping to get back into the collab scene, particularly while my games' programmers are busy catching up to me. I dont really mind the vg and other uninteresting collabs as long as there are others that interest me in the mix.

The problem i see, is that collabing does go in phases, like depending on your workload or things going on in your life whatever. So like for me in particular, ill go in there and ill try and get into a collab, and like the 10+ page ones, i feel like i already missed the boat on, the video game ones im not reallly qualified for (i dont really play much video games, like ive never played Halo or TF2 for instance) and then theres the collabs that have so many parts or are so ambitious, that its unrealistic. I think the key too collabs is making them small enough that they are done fairly quick.

Excuses aside, i think ill make it a goal to start a collab atleast once a month, and just get that shit done and outta here in a fairly timely manner. Its so motivating to see a complete project, not only as the creator of a collab but as a participant. It offers you a gentle way to get something done and feed off your productivity.

VidGameDude 2011-04-07 09:05:49

First NG 3D collab
problem solved...

for a while :D

Thundaboom 2011-04-07 12:58:34

Yeah redharvest! first 3D newgrounds collab! go!